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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10515, 3 January 1912, Page 5

1500 MILES IN S',X DAYS ON & MOTOR CYCLE. Soxn© ■wonderful/ rides have been, accomiplilhed oil' .tin© modem/ znotoir qycflle, ibut no performairioe hasever been' recoifded in tih© ooSboiiie® of Bong distance endunaaio© riding that cam compare wi&lh Mr. Demdiy'is recent performance. On Moao)dja.y,« tih© 20th iNov&mber last, Mr Dendy, a Canterbury motor cyc&t, st&rted! out on 'Ms record rnaj' to cover 1500 miles im. six days, and the maximum liding time m each) day not to exceed 12 hours. The rotote choseii was from to Inivereargill. Excitement grew very intense wtei it wais made known, tlhiat Bendy had covered 1110 mfflte® up till 8 a.m. o<n Fricb • flight, and it was argu'ed iby I.tuotvui critics that to compl ; p J 1500 miles on Saturday's of twelve hours would mean that Dendy had' to rdde 390 miles at am average speed' of 32 miles an (hour, a isteemiingly fumpossibfte task, over muorantaiinis, tussock roads, a/nd ihrougjh river feeds amid water races-. It tus< oiufy first class material aaid workmanship that can. come through tests like theee with, flying colours, and joist as the clock was striking eight, dead on time, and in. tlie pffeseriioe of thousands of spectators, Dendy arrived, tired', weary , and travel stained, having accomplshed hi® great xtide without one mechanical stop or adjustment, the onffy trouble experienced being one puncture. Dendy rode .a 1911 model 3J h.p. Premier • motor cycle. Immediate i delivery can' be gives. • *" these ifamo»& maeliiiaes. Larg-> stock® to chloose (xom. TOURIST M0 r OG (SO., Ltd., HASTINGS. Sole Agents for New Zealand!. E. PQOK. Masterton Aaent.